Letter: Sheboygan needs more affordable housing

Sheboygan needs more affordable housing, properties with garages, washers and dryers, heat, water and sewer included. It needs units that are affordable for anyone of all ages, either with or without children, and based on an income of $30,000 or less a year.

We need housing that is conveniently located near shopping centers and the mall for those who do not drive. Sheboygan does have a couple of these properties, but their locations are not suitable.

The other properties are not being kept up. They look like slums and attract troubled individuals. These properties should require intense background checks to insure safety. All rental units in Sheboygan should be required to have inspections prior to a new tenant moving in. If anything is not up to code, landlords should be required to fix the problem. There are too many properties that are slums, which range in price. The only ones in perfect condition cost as much as a house payment.

Wisconsin should change the 30 percent of gross income requirement for low-income housing to 30 percent of net income a month. For example, $1,600 gross a month should be able to pay $480 a month for rent. However, this person still needs to pay electricity, car insurance, phone, food, vehicle fuel and possibly a car payment. What you actually get for an income will not cover all the important stuff.

There are two general facets to public housing ventures supported by the federal government - construction of low-rent housing projects and rehabilitation or clearance of slum areas. Construction is facilitated by loans and grants from the Housing Assistance Administration. The Renewal Assistance Administration aids in the redevelopment of slum area through grants and loans.

If this is something available to Sheboygan, why are they not participating in this? Sheboygan really needs the update.

Christine Hinze

Sheboygan

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Letter: Sheboygan needs more affordable housing

Sheboygan needs more affordable housing, properties with garages, washers and dryers, heat, water and sewer included.

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